News reports and political speeches may have you thinking otherwise, but...

Effect of China’s recent shutdowns on its GDP, global trade and real estate  The successful strategy for containing the coronavirus that China used in earlier stages of the pandemic is not working…

Strange measurementsFor many years now, officially reported measures of inflation such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) have been lower than the inflation that urban dwellers seem to experience in…

The unfolding bankruptcy-slash-bailout of Chinese real estate developer Evergrande is a massive headache for thousands of the giant company’s stakeholders, and reflects risks of over-leveraging in the real estate sector that accounts for…

China’s F&B Industry is a Pillar of Commercial Real Estate, and It’s Changing Rapidly

The shift to working at home has been the biggest way the pandemic has changed the way we work, but how enduring will it be?

The Five-Year Plans of the China government are broad guidelines for the development of the nation’s economy and society. The 14th Five-Year Plan was issued recently, and below we summarize the…

Government’s new ‘Red Lines’ policy dramatically changes the game for real estate developers and property investment firms.Increasing ChallengesChina’s big real estate companies had already been struggling, their profit margins squeezed in recent…

China has been receiving a continuous influx of foreign direct investment during this period of pandemic uncertainty and international trade tension. Overseas investors have been seeking not only discounted China…

CrashWorldwide shopping malls are struggling as a result of the booming e-commerce industry. Some malls have even become ghost malls. Just a good decade ago malls were the modern human’s natural habitat where…